The Book of Maps: A Novel - Thompson, Ernest - Very Good
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Publisher
Global Collective Publishers
ISBN-10
195402195X
ISBN-13
9781954021952
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6057284009
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2022
Topic
General, Literary, Action & Adventure
Book Title
Book of Maps : a Novel
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
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Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Trade
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A good father despite himself; a forgiving child despite it all. Their adventures will make you worry, weep, and laugh out loud., Ernest Thompson's novel depicts the ultimate road trip in a rapturous torrent of language that captures the torrent of thoughts we carry with us as we plunge forward through life. All those suspect attributes emblazoned on so many book jackets are actually deserved here: The Book of Maps is authentically 'fearlessly original', 'laugh-out-loud funny', and 'profound.', The Book of Maps does take us across country, but our real travelling is through the dissolution of family and the invincibility of parental bonds. Guided by a hapless writer and a precocious child, fueled by Ernest Thompson's artful prose, our journey is filled with imagination and hilarity, recklessness and courage, inspiration and love. And it's a hell of a ride., Ernest Thompson has put his cinematic viewfinder to potent use and written a very funny and deeply moving novel. Take a trip across the country without leaving your home, meet a glorious group of wondrous characters filled with hopes and dreams, and dig deep into the pains and understandings of family dynamics.
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In Academy and Golden Globe winner Ernest Thompson's debut novel, Brendan Tibbet, a filmmaker whose luck has run low, takes his 10-year old son Brenlyn on a wild road trip across the country. The two-week trek from LA to New Hampshire crosses a dozen states, but it's the interior journey that's enlightening, heartwarming and life changing., In Academy and Golden Globe winner Ernest Thompson's debut novel, Brendan Tibbet, a filmmaker whose luck has run low, takes his 10-year old son Brenlyn on a wild and hilarious road trip across the country. The two-week trek from LA to New Hampshire across a dozen and more states includes the prescribed photo ops of the northern route - Yosemite, the Great Salt Lake, Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - but it's the interior journey that's enlightening, heartwarming and life changing-the father and son duo having to stick it out together in the confines of the car and its ticking clock demanding to know when the errant dad will summon the courage to ruin the boy's equilibrium with the news that his mother and father are getting divorced.At a yard sale, Brendan had bought an ancient tome, The Book of Maps, published in the '30s, its seductive allure speaking of time gone by and of unexplored possibilities, but it's a tough sell getting a ten-year-old excited about being cooped-up in a car for 3,000 miles, especially with no DVD or video games, just Mark Twain on tape and the wide-open majesty of America. In negotiation, Brendan promises that they'll stop every 90 minutes, rain or shine, and play a sport, football, baseball, lacrosse, frisbee. Brendan doesn't mention that they'll assume new identities at every state line; that'll be a surprise. And a chance for an old storyteller and a burgeoning one to keep their unwritten narrative fresh and alive. And amusing.Brendan assures the boy that each state will be an adventure, and on the second day proves it, seeing the kid washed downriver in fast-moving rapids, then foolishly putting them both in danger by refusing to back down to the massive grizzly invading their campsite. But that's Brendan, impetuous and foolhardy, inciting trouble wherever he goes, a man with demons and bubbling angst; ergo, poor casting for either marriage or parenthood. His ex-wife gives him a mixed-message One for the Road, temporarily delaying the inevitable and delaying also Brendan's departure time. He and Brenlyn are already a day behind before they get started and have to settle for a night in a Fresno motel, in which Brendan insists on erecting the tent regardless. He's made a promise and he sticks to it. Brendan had begun his career writing for a bad TV series filmed in Yosemite National Park. His bad episode was called "The River Rescue" and he finds himself replicating its low-imagination highlight by leading Brenlyn through too-deep water in the freezing Merced, and then forced to play the ill-equipped hero. The show had a bear, declawed and defanged, but the real-life marauder is neither and still Brendan can't resist tempting fate, only to be bailed out by Brenlyn's cunning diversionary tactics involving Fritos and a calmer disposition.Once the father-son team reach their final destination, Brendan is the one who has had a life changing trip. When he takes on teaching full-time, he recognizes a latent calling and when he allows love to resurface, from a woman in the math wing, he has another realization: Maybe that's how you become a better father, better lover and partner, by learning to be a better man. The journey ends where it started, with Brendan, estranged from his wife and adrift, happening upon a garage sale and unearthing The Book of Maps, out-of-date and falling apart, but, as the woman selling it says, still a good book. It'll take you where you need to go., In the summer of 2002, Brendan Tibbet, a filmmaker whose luck has run low, takes his ten-year-old son Brenlyn on a raucous road trip across America. Following a 1930s travel guide Brendan purchased at a yard sale, the two-week trek from LA to New Hampshire covers 16 states, hitting the iconic stops along the way, Yosemite, the Great Salt Lake, Yellowstone and Mt. Rushmore and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, replete with wild exploits both hilarious and perilous, but it's the interior journey that is enlightening, deeply poignant and life-changing. Brendan assures the boy that each state will be an adventure, and on the second day proves it, seeing the kid washed away in fast-moving rapids, then foolishly putting them both in danger by refusing to back down to the massive black bear invading their campsite. That's Brendan, impetuous and foolhardy, inciting trouble wherever he goes, a man with demons and bubbling angst. But neither of those missteps, or the many and scarier ones to follow, can begin to compare to the threatening storm cloud hanging over the expedition: the father's struggle to find the perfect, worst time to reveal to his son the news that will break his heart and affect everything to follow.Ernest Thompson's debut novel is a skillful, magical piece of 20th-century fin de siècle writing depicting a United States that, even in the aftermath of 9-11, seems almost innocent contrasted to the horrors and divisions, racism and rage challenging us now. The Book of Maps , with its powerful father-son relationship and one man's relentless albeit unintentional quest to evolve into the better angel we all aspire to be, will capture the imagination of readers and leave them wanting to relive this mad, irresistibly moving, ridiculously funny, reflective and inspiring cross-country odyssey again and again.
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